This last noise occasioned by a solid pellet of his spittle hitting a brass spittoon.

The ice used can be in solid pellet or shaved ice block forms.

The top three quarters was a clear solution, the bottom a solid white pellet.

The water seemed not liquid but solid pellets.

The two hounds moved forward expectantly as a handful of solid pellets rolled down the chute and into the dishes.

Why solid pellets?

Jetex motors were powered by a solid pellet of guanidine nitrate, which burnt to release a variety of gases in copious volume, leaving no solid residue or ash.

So a solid pellet may be more durable at elevated temperature than a low concentration dissolved in water (in your veggies).